Roy Clifton Osgood

Background

Osgood, Roy Clifton was born on March 9, 1876 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Gilbert and Sarah Ann (Sweeny) Osgood.

Education

Graduated from the high school, Athol, Massachusetts, 1893. Bachelor of Laws, George Washington University, 1903.

Career

Bank clerk, Athol, 1893-1900. Clerk Department of Commerce and Labor, Washington, District of Columbia, 1900-1905. Practiced law at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1905-1906.

Connected with trust department First National Bank, Chicago, 1906, vice president, 1919-1946. Retired 1946; Chairman of the Board Upper Avenue National Bank, 1929-1940. Re-elected director, 1946.

Director Mid-American National Bank, Chicago, 1956. Trustee Gads Hill Center, treasurer, 1910-1954. Treasurer of Behavior Research Fund, 1915-1952.

Membership

Member Investment Bankers Association of America (president 1920-1921), National Tax Association, American Economics Association (chairman finance committee), American Bankers Association (chairman inheritance tax committee, 1925-1927. Member Chicago Bar Association (chairman lecture committee 1926-1927), Kappa Sigma (trustee endowment fund), National Inheritance Tax Conference Committee, 1925-1926. Member Federal Finance Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, 1924-1952.

Clubs: University (president 1930-1932), Chicago, Midday, Chicago Literary, Legal (president 1917-1918), Law (president 1932), Indian Hill (Illinois).

Connections

Married Anna M. Hudson, February 21, 1903. Children: Gilbert Hudson, Robert Luey, Clifton Brooks, Alfred Morse.

Father:

Alfred Gilbert Osgood

Mother:

Sarah Ann (Sweeny) Osgood

Spouse:

Anna M. Hudson

child:

Gilbert Hudson Osgood

child:

Robert Luey Osgood

child:

Clifton Brooks Osgood

child:

Alfred Morse Osgood